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closet

Definition

  • noun: a usually small room that is used for storing things (such as clothing, towels, or dishes)
  • noun: an apartment or small room for privacy
  • verb: to put (yourself) in a room in order to be alone
  • verb: to shut up in or as if in a closet
  • usually used in the phrases 'in the closet' or 'out of the closet'
  • synonyms: wc, academic, adytum

Examples

  • He asked if she had any 'skeletons in her closet' that might affect her political campaign.

  • She's a 'closet' racist. [=she does not want people to know that she is a racist]

  • The manager 'was closeted' with one of her employees for several hours.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Do we have pans to cook with?'' She said, ''Bill, l'm not talking to you anymore. ''You ask another stupid question, so help me God, l'll get the shotgun out of the closet and blow your face off!'' So l said, ''Well, there's no need to become violent about this. ''You seem to be (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself